Top ICC prosecutor ends probes into Kenya’s 2007 electoral violence

The International Criminal Court.

The International Criminal Court headquarters at The Hague in Netherlands. PHOTO | AFP

A senior International Criminal Court prosecutor on Monday announced that she was dropping all further investigations into crimes committed in Kenya relating to violence that erupted following elections in 2007.

The decision by the ICC's Deputy Chief prosecutor Nazhat Shameen Khan ends a 13-year legal saga which involved senior Kenyan politicians.